A Record 71 GSW Student-Athletes Named To PBC Presidential Honor Roll

Jun 20, 2014

AMERICUS - The Peach Belt Conference announced Thursday
afternoon that a record-breaking 1,447 student-athletes had been
named to the 2013-14 Presidential Honor Roll with a total
of 71 Georgia Southwestern student-athletes earning
the honor, a 4.4 percent increase for GSW from last year's
total and the highest total for the Hurricanes since joining the
league in 2006.

The Hurricane baseball team placed the greatest number of
student-athletes on the list (15) for the third-straight year. The
men's soccer program had 13 members recognized. Softball and
women's soccer followed with 10 apiece.

The men's golf team led all GSW programs with the highest
percentage of its roster on the Presidential Honor Roll in 2013-14
to dethrone back-to-back champion women's tennis. The golf program
saw six of its seven members (86 percent) receive distinction.
Below is a list of the top five programs according to percentage of
their roster receiving the PBC honor:

Rank

Sport

Percent of Athletes on Honor
Roll

1

Men's Golf

85.71

2

Women's Tennis

80.00

3

Softball

62.50

4

Men's Soccer

54.17

5

Baseball

53.57

The Presidential Honor Roll recognizes all student-athletes at
the 14 PBC member institutions who had a GPA of 3.0 or higher for
the academic year.

The honor roll has been divided into four groups: Presidential
Scholars, Bronze Scholars, Silver Scholars and Gold Scholars. All
student-athletes with a GPA from 3.0 to 3.24 are Presidential
Scholars while Bronze Scholars are 3.25 to 3.49; Silver 3.50 to
3.74 and Gold Scholars are those with a 3.75 to 4.00.